Grobler, CarlaSharifpur, MGhodsinezhad, HCapitani, RMeyer, JP2015-11-042015-11-042015-07Grobler, C, Sharifpur, M, Ghodsinezhad H, Capitani, R, Meyer, JP. 2015. Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid. In: 11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 20 to 23 July 2015, pp 828-832.http://hdl.handle.net/10204/823211th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics, Kruger National Park, South Africa, 20 to 23 July 2015Natural convection is convection where the fluid motion is driven by buoyancy forces. Porous media and nanofluids have an impact on the heat transfer capabilities of thermal systems. The present experimental study is part of ongoing research and lies at the intersection of buoyancy driven flow in a cavity, porous mediums and nanofluids. The nanofluid consists of Al(sub2)O(sub3) nanoparticles in the base fluid of 60% ethylene glycol (EG) and 40% water. A Rayleigh number range of 6 x 10(sup3) < Ra(sup*) < 1:6 x 10(sup4), for a volume fraction of 0.2% nanoparticles. The porous medium used is glass spheres of 16mm. In this research the effective viscosity of the nanofluid was determined experimentally while the effective thermal conductivity was available in the literature. The results showed that heat transfer is affected by both the porous medium and the nanofluid. The results show that the heat transfer in the case of porous media with nanofluid is more than the case of pure base fluid. However, more experimentation for a wider range of Rayleigh numbers will be a part of future works of this ongoing research.enCavity flowNanofluidsFluid mechanicsThermodynamicsHeat transfer11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and ThermodynamicsConference PresentationGrobler, C., Sharifpur, M., Ghodsinezhad, H., Capitani, R., & Meyer, J. (2015). Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8232Grobler, Carla, M Sharifpur, H Ghodsinezhad, R Capitani, and JP Meyer. "Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid." (2015): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8232Grobler C, Sharifpur M, Ghodsinezhad H, Capitani R, Meyer J, Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid; 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8232 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Grobler, Carla AU - Sharifpur, M AU - Ghodsinezhad, H AU - Capitani, R AU - Meyer, JP AB - Natural convection is convection where the fluid motion is driven by buoyancy forces. Porous media and nanofluids have an impact on the heat transfer capabilities of thermal systems. The present experimental study is part of ongoing research and lies at the intersection of buoyancy driven flow in a cavity, porous mediums and nanofluids. The nanofluid consists of Al(sub2)O(sub3) nanoparticles in the base fluid of 60% ethylene glycol (EG) and 40% water. A Rayleigh number range of 6 x 10(sup3) < Ra(sup*) < 1:6 x 10(sup4), for a volume fraction of 0.2% nanoparticles. The porous medium used is glass spheres of 16mm. In this research the effective viscosity of the nanofluid was determined experimentally while the effective thermal conductivity was available in the literature. The results showed that heat transfer is affected by both the porous medium and the nanofluid. The results show that the heat transfer in the case of porous media with nanofluid is more than the case of pure base fluid. However, more experimentation for a wider range of Rayleigh numbers will be a part of future works of this ongoing research. DA - 2015-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Cavity flow KW - Nanofluids KW - Fluid mechanics KW - Thermodynamics KW - Heat transfer KW - 11th International Conference on Heat Transfer, Fluid Mechanics and Thermodynamics LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2015 T1 - Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid TI - Experimental study on cavity flow natural convection in porous medium, saturated with an Al(sub2)0(sub3) 60% EG-40% water nanofluid UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/8232 ER -